Welcome to the week ahead, our summary of the forthcoming key company announcements. Companies are no longer obliged to notify the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of results and trading updates, so this list does not claim to be comprehensive. You can read company announcements at http://announce.ft.com and our daily online news summaries record all key company announcements and business press headlines.
Monday 10 February
AGMs: Purecircle
Economics: BRC sales, GDP, Private consumption, Government spending, Exports, Imports, Industrial production, Manufacturing production, Trade balance, Construction output
Companies paying dividends: Grainger (3.46p), Puma VCT 11 (6p)
Tuesday 11 February
Final: IDOX
Interim: Diurnal
Trading statement: Tui
AGMs: Tui
Companies paying dividends: Cerillion (3.3p), Hargreave Hale AIM VCT (2.25p)
Wednesday 12 February
Final: Novolipetsk Steel, Plus500, Primary Health Properties
Interims: Dunelm, Oncimmune
AGM: RWS
Company paying dividend: Brewin Dolphin (12p)
Thursday 13 February
Finals: Barclays, Centrica, Gem Diamonds, Indivior, RELX
Interim: MJ Gleeson
Trading statement: Safestore
AGMs: Oxford Metrics, Paragon Banking, Tritax Eurobox, Watkin Jones
Economics: House price balance
Companies paying dividends: AB Dynamics (2.79p), Anglo Pacific (1.625p), Connect (1p), Euromoney (22.3p), On The Beach (2p)
Friday 14 February
Final: AstraZeneca, Royal Bank of Scotland, Segro
Companies paying dividends: AFH Financial (3p), Allied Minds (12.62p), Baring Emerging Europe Trust (20p), Bisichi Mining (1p), Cardiff Property (12.5p), Fletcher King (1p), Future (1p), Manchester & London Investment Trust (8p), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (1.9p), Scottish Investment Trust (6.9p), Shaftesbury (9p), Solid State (5.25p), Tracsis (1p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 13 February
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay Date |
| Anglo Pacific ord 10p | 1.625 | 4 Jun |
| Avon Rubber ord £1 | 13.89 | 13 Mar |
| Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst ord 25p | 7 | 9 Mar |
| Knights | 1.1 | 16 Mar |
| PZ Cussons ord 10p | 2.67 | 6 Apr |
| Rank ord 10p | 2.8 | 13 Mar |
| Royal Dutch Shell 'B' ord €0.07 | 39.83 | 23 Mar |
| Royal Dutch Shell 'A' ord €0.07 | 39.83 | 23 Mar |
| TheWorks.co.uk | 1.2 | 12 Mar |
| Van Elle | 0.2 | 27 Mar |
The ex-dividend day is the first day on which it is no longer possible to buy the shares and qualify for the dividend. Ex-days are almost always a Thursday. The record date is usually one day after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.
IC ONLINE
The data in the table above is a small selection of what’s available on our website. Just go to www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares and click on the dividend calendar box. You can download a full table of ex-dividend dates as an Excel spreadsheet. The dividend calendar is updated every Friday.
